Dr. Phil / Season 16 Specials Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8 Season 9 Season 10 Season 11 Season 12 Season 13 Season 14 Season 15 Season 16 Season 17 Season 18 Season 19 Season 20 Season 21 1 - Singer Sinéad O'Connor Speaks Out After Hotel Breakdown: The Exclusive Interview (Sep 12) 2 - A Daughter's Suicide; Parents Grieving, Her Law Student Boyfriend Falsely Accused? (Sep 13) 3 - Our Know-It-All High School Dropout Daughter Wants to Be a YouTube Star! (Sep 14) 4 - Three DUIs & Multiple Arrests: Our Sweet Little Granny Has Become a Pill-Popping, Vodka-Drinking Menace to Society! (Sep 15) 5 - I've Given My Drug Addict Son Over 3 Million Dollars, but I've Done It to Keep Him Alive (Sep 18) 6 - My Sister Is Over $50,000 in Debt, Sold Her Car, Lost Her Savings and Has Sold Her Home, All Because She's in Love With a Guy in Egypt! (Sep 19) 7 - Stalking, Hiding in the Bushes, and a Restraining Order: A Teen Girl's Obsession With Her Ex-Boyfriend (Sep 20) 8 - I Lost 300 Pounds, & Men Think I'm Hot, but My Fiance Says I'm Not (Sep 21) 9 - From PTA Mom to Addicted and Homeless In Her Luxury SUV (Sep 22) 10 - We Are Being Terrorized by Our Violent, Car-Stealing, Drug-Using Teen Daughters (Sep 25) 11 - Partners in Crime: Two Teen Sisters Are Confronted! (Sep 26) 12 - My Daughter and Son-in-Law Won't Let Me See My Grandchildren Until I Get a Psych Evaluation. I Want It From You, Dr. Phil! (Sep 27) 13 - How Did My Daughter Go From Working as a Successful School Counselor With a Master's Degree to Neglecting Her Family and Living in an RV!? (Sep 28) 14 - Our Soccer Mom Had an Affair, Abandoned Our Family and Now Wants Forgiveness! (Sep 29) 15 - My Brother Changed His Name to Sexy Vegan, Wears Speedos in Public, and Is Spending My Mom's 11 Million Dollar Inheritance (Oct 2) 16 - A 5-year-old Found Murdered by Dad After Trip to Amusement Park: His Mother Speaks Out (Oct 3) 17 - My Son Is Living in a Tent Because My Husband Won't Allow Him to Come Home; I Fear My Son Is Losing His Mind (Oct 4) 18 - Abducted Twice, Brainwashed and Molested: Actress Jan Broberg's Story (Oct 5) 19 - Aftermath of an American Tragedy: Healing after the Horror in Vegas (Oct 6) 20 - My Wife Enables Our Mooching; Violent, Lazy Son Who Lives in Our Back Yard (Oct 9) 21 - Foster Care, an Ankle Bracelet, and House Arrest; I Blame My Parents For My Messed Up Life (Oct 10) 22 - Our Pregnant, Rageaholic, 18-Year-Old Daughter Is Abusing Our Entire Family! (Oct 11) 23 - My Sister and Brother-In-Law Are Allowing Their 15-Year-Old Son to Drop Out of School and Run the Household (Oct 12) 24 - My Ex Blames Me For Our Dog Napping, Car Stealing, Credit Card Opening, 8-Year-Old Son! (Oct 13) 25 - Our 21-Year-Old Daughter Is Gorgeous, Wild and Violent (Oct 16) 26 - Drinking, Drugs, and a Shocking Revelation: Can Danielle Be Saved? (Oct 17) 27 - My Meddling Monster-in-Law Who Lives Next Door Doesn't Want Me to Remarry My Ex-Husband (Oct 18) 28 - Our Runaway Teen Daughter Thinks She's in Love With an Older Man Who Police Allege Raped and Threatened Her (Oct 19) 29 - I Think My Husband's Narcissistic Ex Is Faking Cancer and Making Our Stepsons Sick (Oct 20) 37 - Three Sisters Confront Their Stepfather: Did He Do It? The Polygraph Results Revealed (Nov 1) 38 - Help! My 14-Year-Old Daughter Is Being Brainwashed to Be a Party Girl by Her Mother! (Nov 2) 39 - Mother-in-Law & Daughter-in-Law Face Off: Is Kaylie a Negligent Mom Who Should Go to Jail? (Nov 3) 40 - Accused of Faking Pregnancies and Baby Deaths: Is She Scamming Men or a Victim? (Nov 6) 51 - Mother Knows Best: A Story of Munchausen by Proxy and Murder 52 - Gypsy Rose: From Wheelchair Bound to Behind Bars for Murder (Nov 22) 62 - I Believe My Pregnant Daughter's Boyfriend Is Abusing Her (Dec 7) 70 - My Quadruplet Son, Who Was an Honors Student, Dropped Out of College, Was Hospitalized 8 Times and Choked His Psychiatrist (Dec 19) 72 - My Ex-Fiancé Beat Me With a Meat Tenderizer, Snapped My Vertebrae and Left Me to Die (Jan 4) 74 - My Husband's Religious Beliefs Are Ruining Our Family, and Now CPS Has Our Children. Can We Get Them Back? (Jan 8) 77 - Starting Fires, Killing Cats, Torturing Her Brother. ‘I’m Afraid of My 11-Year-Old Daughter’ (Jan 11) 79 - Help! My Narcissist Ex Is Abusing My Children and Nobody Believes Me! (Jan 15) 80 - Our 15-Year-Old Criminal Daughter Is Ruining Her Life and Our Marriage! (Jan 16) 81 - Dr. Phil, You're Our Last Hope; Amazing Stories of Recovery (Jan 17) 82 - My Husband Refuses to Get a Job and Believes He Is Going to Become a Famous Murder Rapper (Jan 18) 83 - Spiritual Leader in the Spotlight: Ex-Rabbi Accused (Jan 19) 84 - My Daughter Is Being Brainwashed by a Psychic and I Think He Is a Con Artist (Jan 22) 85 - Double Trouble Brothers: What Happened to Mike and Matt? (Jan 23) 86 - We Believe a Lying, Scheming Con Artist Has Scammed Disaster Relief Donations (Jan 24) 87 - 40 Trips to the ER, 27 Doctors, and 50 Christmas Trees. My Daughter Is a Hypochondriac and a Hoarder! (Jan 25) 88 - My Mooching Mom Has Cost Me $100K and Needs to Get Out of My House! (Jan 26) 89 - Inside the California House of Horrors: 13 Children Allegedly Shackled, Starved and Abused (Jan 29) 90 - Critical Crossfire: My Husband's Ex-Wife Accused Me of Poisoning and Kidnapping Her Son (Jan 30) 91 - A Woman Terrified of Food ... And What Happened to Sexy Vegan? (Jan 31) 92 - I'm in Love with Someone From My Social Media Whom I've Never Met (Feb 1) 93 - My First Face-To-Face Meeting with The Girl Who is Obsessed and in Love With Me Online (Feb 2) 94 - Accusations of Lies, Child Sex Abuse and Stalking (Feb 5) 95 - Shocking Accusations of Child Sexual Abuse: Searching for the Truth (Feb 6) 96 - "Help! My 21-Year-Old Daughter is a Homeless Escort Neglecting Her Son" (Feb 7) 97 - "My Mom is Delusional! She Thinks She’s Married to Tyler Perry and Has Sent Her Catfish $100,000!" (Feb 8) 98 - Two Sisters Confront Their Mom Who Says She’s Married To Tyler Perry: Can Karla Be Convinced She Was Scammed? (Feb 9) 99 - “Our Daughter Who We Believe Has Faked Pregnancies and Stolen Money Blames Her Behavior on Having Mental Issues” (Feb 12) 100 - The Daughter, The Girlfriend and the Wife: “We Want to Confront The Man in Our Life” (Feb 13) 101 - Dennis’ Daughter From a Secret Affair Confronts Him (Feb 14) 102 - “Our Daughter is Brainwashed by a Man Who Envisions Himself Being the King of a Commune of Women” (Feb 15) 103 - “My Sister Drove From Canada to Mexico Searching for the Ex-Lover She Claims Sends Her Secret Messages via Songs on The Radio” (Feb 16) 104 - "My Husband is a Sex Addict and Even Exposed Himself to My Mother. I Need the Whole Truth!" (Feb 19) 105 - "I Want My Ex-Husband Out of My Life So My 81-Year-Old Fiancé Can Adopt My Children" (Feb 20) 106 - The Valentine's Day Tragedy; Profile Of An Accused School Shooter (Feb 21) 107 - Nearly 19 Years After Columbine; Survivors Speak To Parkland Students (Feb 22) 108 - "The Homeless Woman We Rescued Reported Us for Child Abuse" (Feb 23) 109 - “My Sister is Facing Multiple Felonies and Losing Custody of Her Children, but She Claims She’s the Victim” (Feb 26) 110 - “Sexually Abused by My Father, and He Blames Me; Are There More Victims?” (Feb 27) 111 - Was Kim Bob’s Only Victim? His Stepdaughter’s Accusation (Feb 28) 112 - “Help! My Daughter was Possessed, Had Three Exorcisms, and It is Still Ruining Her Life!” (Mar 1) 113 - A Woman Terrified of Food ... And What Happened to Sexy Vegan? (Mar 2) 114 - From Fearless Secret Service Special Agent to Being Trapped in a Troubled Marriage (Mar 5) 115 - Anthony Scaramucci and Wife Deidre Reveal How Their Marriage Survived 11 Days in the White House & "My Sister and Her Ex-Husband Need a Referee or Someone is Going to Get Hurt" (Mar 6) 116 - "Our Mother is a Gold Digger Who Chose Her Boyfriend over Us" (Mar 7) 117 - We Want to Evict Our Violent Mooching Son; Will Kyle Move Out? (Mar 13) 119 - Actor Terry Crews Speaks Out About Fatherhood, Hollywood; The Me Too Movement; My Stalker Ex Hired a Private Investigator To Follow Me (Mar 14) 120 - My 16-Year-Old Daughter is Throwing House Parties and Posted a Racist Viral Video. She Got Kicked Out of School and I Kicked Her Out Too! (Mar 19) 121 - Demi Lovato: Up Close and Personal (Mar 20) 122 - Help, Dr. Phil! My Father Has Extreme Munchausen and It's Destroying the Entire Family (Mar 26) 123 - Our 48-Year-Old Son Claims We Fired Him 200 Times, Stole the Family Business and Turned Him Into a Felon (Mar 27) 124 - My Wife Claims She Is Allergic to Everything, Including Intimacy With Me! It's Destroying Our Marriage (Mar 28) 125 - Our Pregnant Daughter With Dreams of Being Rich and Famous Is Destitute in Las Vegas (Apr 2) 126 - Homeless Mom in Vegas: Jessica and Her Backstage Drama and Every Day She's Hustling ... Vivica A. Fox on Love and Life Lessons Learned (Apr 3) 127 - SOS! My Beautiful Violinist Daughter Is Living in a Shelter (Apr 4) 128 - My Granddaughter Is a Danger to Our Family. Is Her Mom to Blame? (Apr 5) 129 - Our Mother Blames Us for Her Being a Violent, Raging Drunk (Apr 6) 130 - Cold Case I Didn’t Murder My 15-Year-Old Sister! The False Accusations and Small Town Gossip Haunt Me (Apr 9) 131 - My Son Blames His Grandmother's Murder for Him Being a Violent, Neglectful Mooch (Apr 10) 132 - When Love Hurts (Apr 11) 133 - The Woman Who Adopted Me Just Stole My Baby (Apr 12) 134 - I Was Held Hostage by My Narcissist Ex. Now I Want to Help His Fiancee (Apr 13) 135 - She Stabbed and Killed the Man Who Claimed to Have Disposed Natalee Hollyway's (Apr 16) 136 - My Daughter Abandoned Her Young Children for a Toxic Relationship (Apr 17) 137 - Episode 137 (Apr 18) 138 - Should I Leave My Angry, Money-Hungry Husband? (Apr 19) 139 - My Wife's Son Can't Function in Society and I'm Ready to Kick Him Out! (Apr 20) 140 - Our Daughter Is Starving Herself to Death and It's Killing Our Family (Apr 23) 141 - Down to 75 Pounds: Can Jordan Be Saved? (Apr 24) 142 - I Wish I Was Never a Mother, but I Have 5 Children (Apr 25) 143 - I Shot My Lying, Cheating, Manipulative, Narcissistic, Millionaire Boyfriend, and Now I Want to Marry Him (Apr 26) 144 - Accusations of Drugging and Indoctrination: One Man's Days Inside the Controversial Church of Wells (Apr 27) 145 - Inside the Church of Wells: One Family's Struggle to Save Their Daughter (Apr 30) 146 - "My 15-Year-Old Daughter is a Rich and Spoiled Beverly Hills Brat!" (May 1) 147 - "I Was in Prison for Reckless Homicide and Now My Sister Needs to Give My Kids Back" (May 2) 148 - "I’ve Turned My Life Around but My Sister Refuses to Give My Children Back!" (May 3) 149 - "Blame It on a Religious Upbringing or a Dark Family Secret? My 19-Year-Old Daughter is Living a Dangerous Double Life" (May 4) 150 - “Love, Hip Hop, And Cyberstalking?” (May 7) 151 - Millionaire’s Brother Found Liable for the Death of Rebecca Zahau: What Her Family Says (May 8) 152 - My Destructive and Angry Teen Daughter Blames Me after I Left Her Father for His Best Friend! (May 9) 153 - My Fiancé is Making Me Choose Between My Identical Twin Sister or Him! (May 10) 154 - Enough is Enough! My College Dropout Daughter Needs To Grow Up! (May 11) 155 - My Mom is Out of Control Since Dad Died. She Lost 100 Lbs, Parties, and Plans to Run Away with a Man She’s Never Met (May 14) 156 - My Out-of-Control Mom Faces Her Online Love: Is She Being Scammed? (May 15) 157 - Help! Our Bieber-Obsessed Daughter Went From Insta-Famous to Homeless and Hacked (May 16) 158 - Wife of Man Who Ran Away to Mexico with Teenage Daughter’s Best Friend Speaks Out (May 17) 159 - 20 Years of Accusations. A Mother Who Wants to Protect Her Children, and a Father Desperate to Clear His Name. Who’s Telling the Truth? (May 18) 160 - I Believe My Son's Bizarre Fiancee Lied About Having a Miscarriage (May 21) 161 - Jilly Juice Claims to Cure Cancer Regrow Missing Limbs (May 22) 162 - My Wife Went from Selling Multi-Million Dollar Homes to Selling Cuddles Online (May 23) 163 - Alaska Comes Clean (May 24) 164 - The Wife of Serial Killer Shawn Grate Speaks Out (May 25) 165 - My Ex-Wife's `Voices' Told Her to Divorce Me, and Now She Wants Me Back! (Aug 27) 166 - Abandoned Twice as a Child: A Mother-and-Son Confrontation; Help, Dr. Phil! My Daughter Needs to Get out of Bed, Get Moving, and Get a Job (Aug 28) 167 - My Constant Battle to Not Become a Serial Killer (Aug 29) 168 - Accused of Faking Multiple Pregnancies and Baby Deaths: The Aftermath (Aug 30) 169 - My Out-of-Control 15-Year-Old Son Was Kicked Out of Public, Private and Military School (Aug 31) 170 - My 15-Year-Old Daughter Is Facing a Felony Charge for Distributing Child Pornography (Sep 4) 171 - I Shot My Abusive Husband in Self-Defense and My Daughter Won't Forgive Me (Sep 5) 172 - My Fiance's 8-Year-Old Son Tried to Kill Me (Sep 6) 173 - My Husband Blames Me for Blowing His $1 Million Settlemen (Sep 7)
Season 16 · Episode 171 I Shot My Abusive Husband in Self-Defense and My Daughter Won't Forgive Me Sep 5, 2018 · 1h
Lace doesn't believe that her mother was acting in self-defense when she shot Lace's father, forcing him to use a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
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When did Dr. Phil Season 16 Episode 171 air? Dr. Phil Season 16 Episode 171 aired on September 5, 2018.
How long is Dr. Phil Season 16 Episode 171? This episode runs for approximately 60 minutes.
